Schumacher still critical, his prognosis unclear after ski accident
euronews (in English)
2013-12-30
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Doctors treating Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher have said he remains in a critical condition and it is too early to say if he will pull through.
They told journalists at a hospital in the eastern French city of Grenoble that the retired former world champion is being kept in an artificial coma.
“We carried out an emergency operation to drain away intra-cranial blood clots,” said neurosurgeon, Professor Stéphan Chabardès at a news conference.
“And while the post-surgery scanner showed an evacuation of the intra-cranial blood clots, it also, unfortunately, showed widespread bilateral haemorrhaegic lesions.”
The German, 44, was skiing off piste with his teenage son when he fell and hit his head on a rock on Sunday morning. It happened in the French Alps resort of Meribel where he has a holiday home.
He was wearing a helmet and doctors said anyone involved in such a high-speed accident without protection would have died.
Schumacher’s family is by his bedside.
Schumacher critical: Press conference at Grenoble hospital (recorded live feed)
#MichaelSchumacher is “still in a critical condition” after suffering a head trauma in a ski accident: doctors at Grenoble CHU.— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
#MichaelSchumacher: “So far, we cant say anything what is going to happen next”: doctors at Grenoble CHU— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
#MichaelSchumacher’s doctors want to reduce his intra-cranial pressure. Doctors confirm he had only one surgical operation.— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
#MichaelSchumacher: “Given the violence of the impact, the helmet” caught part of the shock. Without an helmet, he would be dead. (hopital)— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
No second operation planned for #MichaelSchumacher after his ski accident: doctors at press conference.— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
#MichaelSchumacher’s doctors confirm he has been placed in a “therapeutic hypothermia,” doesnt breath on its own.(hospital press conference)— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
#MichaelSchumacher: doctors refuse to speculate on the future or to call the situation “stable,” confirm his lesions are critical.— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
They told journalists at a hospital in the eastern French city of Grenoble that the retired former world champion is being kept in an artificial coma.
“We carried out an emergency operation to drain away intra-cranial blood clots,” said neurosurgeon, Professor Stéphan Chabardès at a news conference.
“And while the post-surgery scanner showed an evacuation of the intra-cranial blood clots, it also, unfortunately, showed widespread bilateral haemorrhaegic lesions.”
The German, 44, was skiing off piste with his teenage son when he fell and hit his head on a rock on Sunday morning. It happened in the French Alps resort of Meribel where he has a holiday home.
He was wearing a helmet and doctors said anyone involved in such a high-speed accident without protection would have died.
Schumacher’s family is by his bedside.
Schumacher critical: Press conference at Grenoble hospital (recorded live feed)
#MichaelSchumacher is “still in a critical condition” after suffering a head trauma in a ski accident: doctors at Grenoble CHU.— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
#MichaelSchumacher: “So far, we cant say anything what is going to happen next”: doctors at Grenoble CHU— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
#MichaelSchumacher’s doctors want to reduce his intra-cranial pressure. Doctors confirm he had only one surgical operation.— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
#MichaelSchumacher: “Given the violence of the impact, the helmet” caught part of the shock. Without an helmet, he would be dead. (hopital)— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
No second operation planned for #MichaelSchumacher after his ski accident: doctors at press conference.— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
#MichaelSchumacher’s doctors confirm he has been placed in a “therapeutic hypothermia,” doesnt breath on its own.(hospital press conference)— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
#MichaelSchumacher: doctors refuse to speculate on the future or to call the situation “stable,” confirm his lesions are critical.— euronews (@euronews) 30 Décembre 2013
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